Hoboken woman tells cops she was groped by a man while entering her Fifth Street building

Google MapsA woman returning home was groped by a man in the entrance area of her Fifth Street building early Sunday morning, according to police.

A woman returning home was groped by a man in the entrance area of a Fifth Street building early Sunday morning, according to police.

The 25-year-old told police she had just walked into the entrance area of her building at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson streets around 3:40 a.m. on Sunday when she saw a man standing off to the side near the intercom system used to ring people into the building, reports said.

According to reports, the man did not say anything to her, but as she passed him to enter the second door into the building, he grabbed her buttocks under her dress.

The woman told officers the man then walked out of the building and she immediately ran toward her friends who were holding the elevator door open before she called police, reports said.

The man was described as in his mid 40s, 5-foot-10, wearing dark blue jeans, dark sweatshirt and a red baseball cap, police said.

Police searched the area for the man and cameras that might have captured the incident but could not find either, reports said.